Weekend Reading and MB Media Appearances

Local Reads:

• ‘Green coal’ company owned by LNP figures received $5.5m grant a week before Morrison government entered caretaker mode – The Guardian
• Nazi flags to be banned under new Queensland hate symbol laws. Here’s what’s changing – ABC
• Australian job agency under fire over ‘employability’ course that advises on washing and bathing – The Guardian
• Ticks will still be counted as yes votes despite Clive Palmers last-minute legal challenge – SBS
• Mistruth be told – We should all be extremely concerned by the way misinformation has taken over our national debate – The Monthly
• Noel Pearson urges voters to consider future generations at last-ditch Yes campaign rally for the Voice – ABC
• The National Housing Conference in Brisbane has wrapped. Experts say solving the housing crisis could take decade – ABC
• Asio warns against inflamed language over Middle East amid concern of ‘opportunistic violence’ – The Guardian
• Australian olive oil in demand as international imports get more expensive – ABC
• Australians ‘hold you in our hearts’, Anthony Albanese tells Jewish community – The Guardian
• Builder and manufacturer trade blows as pipes burst in newly built homes across Perth – ABC

International:

• Microsoft owes an astounding $28.9 billion in back taxes – Fortune
• US electric-vehicle sales hit record high, Tesla loses market share – report – Reuters
• Amazon sellers say they made a good living — until Amazon figured it out – NPR
• Warnings of domino effect if Chinese property giant Evergrande is liquidated – WSWS
• Halloween spending expected to hit record high as sugar prices continue to rise – Yahoo
• Interest rates, fees under fire as credit card debt tops $1 trillion – CNBC
• Millions of Homes Still Being Kept Vacant as Housing Costs Surge, Report Finds – VICE
• New Census Bureau map shows how states rely on marijuana tax revenue to fund government services – Marijuana Moment
• ECB official raises concerns over Italy’s bond-yield spread – Investing
• World Bank targets dirty subsidies to fund climate action – Climate Change News

MB Media Appearances:

LVO on Treasury of Common Sense with Radio 2GB talks rental crisis:

DLS on Brisbane ABC Radio Drive talks Alboflation and immigration:

DLS on Disrupt Radio discussing the Israel War.

DLS at News.com.au on interest rates.

Other Vids

Bremmer is informative

Zeihan is his usual self, with an informative narrative

A doco from the 1980s worth a watch

This one worth a look too

and another